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New‐Era Polymer Thermoelectrics: Material Innovations, Doping Frontiers, Decoupling Strategies, and Unconventional Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The field of polymer thermoelectrics is entering a new era, featuring breakthroughs in addressing the conventional performance disparity between p‐type and n‐type polymers, pioneering doping frontiers, and sophisticated decoupling strategies. This review explores innovations in molecular design and superior stabilities, bridging the gap from ...
Suhao Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Pulsed Laser‐Assisted Phase Engineering of Multimetallic Colloidal Nanocrystals With Complex Compositions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
The engineering of colloidal nanocrystals with complex compositions has emerged as a highly active area of research within nanomaterials science. This review covers key aspects of colloidal solid‐solution nanocrystal formation using pulsed laser irradiation.
Marina T. Candela   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heat Transfer Characteristics of Horizontal Two-Phase Flow Boiling in Low-Pressure Low-Flow (LPLF) Conditions

open access: yesThermo
To date, two-phase flow boiling has been extensively investigated for various working fluids and geometries, mainly under operating pressures and mass fluxes in the range of medium to high.
Mehdi Kabir, Corey Field, David Howe
doaj   +1 more source

Boiling Two Phase Flow in Microchannels: a Review

open access: yesIndian Journal of Science and Technology, 2013
The studies in boiling water in microchannel that are shaped along turbine blades has been examined since the 1970s as a means to dissipating large amounts of heat. Later, similar geometries could be found in cooling systems for computers, fusion reactors, rocket nozzles, avionics, hybrid vehicle power electronics, and space systems.
openaire   +2 more sources

Self‐Seeded Nucleation of PET in a Benign Solvent Yields a High Modulus Aerogel With Ultra‐Low Thermal Conductivity

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
A new benign solvent (1,3‐diphenylacetone) enables a simple, safe, and sustainable dissolution and gelation method to convert waste PET into low density, monolithic aerogels with high mechanical strength (E = 20 MPa) and remarkably low thermal conductivity (k = 21.9 to 28.9 mW/m·K).
Kira R. Baugh   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lead Halide Perovskite Photoelectrocatalysis

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Lead halide perovskite semiconductors have emerged as highly promising materials for solar fuel and chemical synthesis. This perspective discusses advances made in the rational photoelectrode design to improve solar‐to‐chemical conversion, product scope, and scalability.
Virgil Andrei
wiley   +1 more source

Flow Instabilities in Boiling Two-Phase Natural Circulation Systems: A Review

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2008
Several decades have been spent on the study of flow instabilities in boiling two-phase natural circulation systems. It is felt to have a review and summarize the state-of-the-art research carried out in this area ...
A. K. Nayak, P. K. Vijayan
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation on the Subcooled Boiling in Vertical Pipe With Uncertainties From Boundary Conditions by Using FLUENT

open access: yesFrontiers in Energy Research, 2018
Subcooled boiling flow taking place in the reactor system plays a critical role in the safety of nuclear power plants. It has been studied by experiments and system codes in the past decades.
Xiang Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrathin Li Metal Anodes: Quantitative Design Principles and Manufacturability Across Liquid and Solid‐State Batteries

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ultrathin lithium metal anodes (≤15 µm) offer a promising route to high‐energy‐density batteries due to their high capacity and low potential. This review presents design principles for ultrathin Li, evaluates fabrication strategies, and discusses challenges in liquid and solid‐state cells.
Cheng Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

High Center‐of‐Mass, Multi‐Legged Soft Robots Powered by Geometrically Encoded Liquid Crystal Elastomer Arc Appendages

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Inspired by the octopus and the golden wheel spider, soft robots with liquid crystal elastomer arc fibers as appendages are fabricated to transcend surface constraints through an elevated center of mass and minimal contact footprints. By leveraging curvature‐encoded deformation‐recovery cycles, these robots exhibit contractile, torsional, and flexural ...
Jong Bin Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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